A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2
Justin Mccarthy
Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. This second volume brings us the terrible death of Queen Caroline, Swift and Stella, the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Wesleyan Movement, Clive's victories, and the struggle for Canada. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (11 hr 26 min)
Kapitel
| xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again | 48:05 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxii. The 'Family Compact' | 36:15 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxiii. Royal Family Affairs | 40:29 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxiv. The Porteous Riots | 30:21 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxv. Family Jars | 28:56 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxvi. A Perilous Victory | 24:15 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds' | 23:35 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxviii. The Banished Prince | 20:39 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed | 29:04 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxx. The Wesleyan Movement | 42:55 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1 | 25:48 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2 | 27:09 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxii. Walpole Yields to War | 34:56 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxiii. 'And When He Falls' | 33:56 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five' | 20:15 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxv. The March South | 30:16 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxvi. Culloden--and after | 41:45 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle | 31:48 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxviii. Primus in Indis | 47:25 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xxxix. Changes | 15:42 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xl. Canada | 21:54 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| xli. The Close of the Reign | 31:29 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
Bewertungen
wonderful window on the 18th century
JD
Pamela Nagami gives an excellent reading of this brilliant historical odyssey. So much about the development of the Westminster system and democracy generally that I didn't know. Once again thank-you Librivox and Pamela.
WELL DONE
Avid Listener
PN is a delightful reader of history
Arturo Macias
An excellent chronicle of the reígn of Jorge II, an age of consolidation of the constitutional whig England borned in the Glorious Revolution.